The ADI Wildlife Sanctuary is home to lions and tigers rescued from abuse all over the world and to wildlife confiscated from traffickers or seized in local cruelty cases.
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Coco is home!
Coco is back at the ADI Wildlife Sanctuary after his stay in the hospital under the care of Dr. Peter Caldwell.
Continue readingCoco in hospital
Dr Peter Caldwell has removed a growth from Coco’s leg and sent it for histopathology.
Continue readingSend your love for Coco
14 year old Coco has been taken into Old Chapel Veterinary Clinic today for Dr Peter Caldwell to investigate what is either an injury, or possible melanoma, on his hind leg.
Continue readingOri & Ben-Tzur will come home!
We know that many of you will be wondering what will happen to young lions Ori and Ben-Tzur following the outbreak of war.
Continue readingNew reception area underway at ADIWS
The ADI Wildlife Sanctuary was originally built to house the large numbers of lions and tigers ADI was rescuing as we secured national circus bans around the world, but now, we have become a beacon of hope for all creatures across our region of South Africa.
Continue readingThis is not cute, it’s tragic
At this age, little Ori should still have been nursing with his mother but instead, he was torn from her to become a product for sale in the illegal wildlife trade. He was passed from person to person, forced to be cuddled and posed with, as his owners enjoyed the status of owning a #TrophyPet lion. Deprived of everything he needed, forced into dependency on humans. But the day this picture was taken, Ori’s luck changed.
Continue readingWishing you a wonderful Valentine’s weekend
From all the animals at the ADI Wildlife Sanctuary.
Continue readingReal life love stories made possible by ADI supporters
This Valentine’s Day, check out the real life rescue love stories made possible by ADI supporters:
The inspirational story of how the love and loyalty of lions Tarzan and Tanya carried them through the hell of a circus in Guatemala to a new life in South Africa.
Lions Leo and Muñeca, saved in two dramatic rescues in Peru, reunited for a new life in Africa.
Doting couple Sasha and Kumal, how they were rescued from a circus in Guatemala and how they loved to play!
Last year’s Valentine’s Day celebration at the ADI Wildlife Sanctuary, with glorious memories of Tarzan and Tanya.
Our French Lovers: Goliath and Coralie had endured a decade in a tiny circus cage in France before flying to the ADI Wildlife Sanctuary, South Africa last year. This video captures the moment they left quarantine and explored their forever home.
Beautiful memories of the life at ADIWS enjoyed by Tarzan and Tanya – a precious gift from ADI supporters.
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